PA question
Posted: Mon Dec 20, 2010 12:10 am
OK so my current band, our jamspace is in his parent's basement and we use his dad's Peavey PA....looks like this
It's 150w watts...barely loud enough to hear over drums....we've used this thing for probably the past 10 years, since we've been in bands together on and off. Anyways, the speakers do not have a rating on them, and I can't find info on this set anywhere.
Last week when setting up, we flicked on the power to the PA, and all we hear is a loud whirring noise. The lights show up on the volume controls when you speak into a mic, so I'm guessing the power section is shot. The whirring goes up slightly in pitch when you talk into the mic...nothing comes out the speakers.
Now before I run out and spend $300-$400 on a cheap practice PA kit with speakers from musiciansfriend or something, I came across a used behringer that looked quite nice for around $220 at a local shop. I think it was a model that normally sells for $400+ on its own, and was a little over 200 watts. Should I assume the speakers that go to that peavey POS are only 75watts and if so, would it be a risk to use them with a slightly more powerful mixer? Or are they just going to distort noticeably after a certain volume level. If it was my own equipment I would just chance it but I don't want to be responsible for damaging someone else's gear, (especially since he's been nice enough to let us make noise in his basement once a week for the past 10 years more or less.)
It's 150w watts...barely loud enough to hear over drums....we've used this thing for probably the past 10 years, since we've been in bands together on and off. Anyways, the speakers do not have a rating on them, and I can't find info on this set anywhere.
Last week when setting up, we flicked on the power to the PA, and all we hear is a loud whirring noise. The lights show up on the volume controls when you speak into a mic, so I'm guessing the power section is shot. The whirring goes up slightly in pitch when you talk into the mic...nothing comes out the speakers.
Now before I run out and spend $300-$400 on a cheap practice PA kit with speakers from musiciansfriend or something, I came across a used behringer that looked quite nice for around $220 at a local shop. I think it was a model that normally sells for $400+ on its own, and was a little over 200 watts. Should I assume the speakers that go to that peavey POS are only 75watts and if so, would it be a risk to use them with a slightly more powerful mixer? Or are they just going to distort noticeably after a certain volume level. If it was my own equipment I would just chance it but I don't want to be responsible for damaging someone else's gear, (especially since he's been nice enough to let us make noise in his basement once a week for the past 10 years more or less.)